The IQ test isn’t meant to be some high score thing, it’s a tool to determine if people are learning disabled, average, or above average, not *how high can you score* or even to be very accurate in what flavor of above average you were.

1. The supposed IQ levels for Hawking and Einstein are for SD15 scores.

2. This boy scored 162 on a SD24 test.

This means that correctly adapted this boy’s IQ would be around 138. Smart: Yes. Hawking level? No, not by a long shot.

EDIT: Additionally children tend to score a lot higher than an adult would because their scores are calculated in relation to an adult. IQ does not grow linearly with age.

EDIT2: To explain a bit: SD15 and SD24 refer to different point systems. 15 and 24 points respectively make up a standard deviation. So 115 in one system is equal to 124 in the other system. Approximately 68% of all values lie within 1 standard deviation of the average (100). So a SD24 system gets much higher values than SD15 systems.

Had a Mensa member work with me. He did not know how to turn an adjusting screw the same direction each time. He would turn it one direction … then next time turn it opposite instead of continuing to the proper location. Also had him flood a building because he went to lunch with a hose running.

Children who get the label “genius” tend to do very badly in life. It creates false expectations and isolation from their peers. Just let the kid be his own smart self and encourage him to pursue his interests. Just like any other kid.